Financial Times Commentary 4/11

Financial Times - Comment

Television set for a revolution

An upstart’s fate could determine the future economics of the US content machine that feeds screens around the world, writes Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson http://link.ft.com/r/OZMCDD/GY3B8V/8A25BP/PFET5F/K9O7A4/QR/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=11

The perils of playing nuclear poker with a novice

Someone will need to talk to North Korea to try to glean something about who on earth the world is dealing with, writes David Pilling http://link.ft.com/r/OZMCDD/GY3B8V/8A25BP/PFET5F/SUMYKY/QR/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=11

Bank lending boost won’t turn UK round

Whitehall believes credit for small companies is crucial but they account for less than a 10th of business investment, writes Chris Giles http://link.ft.com/r/OZMCDD/GY3B8V/8A25BP/PFET5F/6ARLUH/QR/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=11

Scapegoating Germany is easy but wrong

European governments need to convince their citizens that fundamental changes are necessary and will be fruitful, writes Marcel Fratzscher http://link.ft.com/r/OZMCDD/GY3B8V/8A25BP/PFET5F/XBKSQJ/QR/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=11

The importance of not being Ernest

I feel the one thing you’re not supposed to about Thatcher: ambivalence. Britain needed to change – there are always winners and losers, writes John McDermott http://link.ft.com/r/OZMCDD/GY3B8V/8A25BP/PFET5F/1OENF6/QR/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=11

HP aims for lift-off with Project Moonshot

New products such as the latest server will give the group a much-needed foot in growing markets, but they also cannibalise other parts of its business http://link.ft.com/r/OZMCDD/GY3B8V/8A25BP/PFET5F/T15IDS/QR/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=11

Iran talks hold some hope despite deadlock

Although a breakthrough seems impossible now, talks continue into the autumn and tightening sanctions and regional isolation could make a difference http://link.ft.com/r/OZMCDD/GY3B8V/8A25BP/PFET5F/HIG2C4/QR/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=11

EMs must respond to US industrial revival

The shale gas ‘revolution’, a remarkable story, is already making the US more competitive, forging strong reindustrialisation http://link.ft.com/r/OZMCDD/GY3B8V/8A25BP/PFET5F/YGDJ9S/QR/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=11